Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who has been the 12th President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Partyin 2001 and led it to three general election victories in 2002, 2007 and 2011 before standing down as leader upon his election as President in 2014. Originating from an...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 February 1954
CountryTurkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan quotes about
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.
The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.
There are people who say that "Gül can't be my president". These people don't have good manners for and they should renounce their Turkish citizenship foremost this man will be chosen democratically by the people.
I cannot understand how sensible people still defend Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously
We won't allow the people to be devoured by YouTube, Facebook or others
A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.
Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.
The whole world is an open, free market. No state can exist without the others.
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws
We are against the majority tyrannizing the minority. But we are definitely against the minority tyrannizing the majority.
In Turkey the religious minorities have more rights than they do in Europe.
I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.